MT15 Sensors

[rodeddie]

Hi,

 I have a site that currently has a Sensaphone IMS-4000E Enterprise Monitoring Host installed, and they are interested in the MT15 sensors. The question they asked is if the IMS-4000 can send alerts to the Meraki sensors in case it detects smoke.

Regards

[GreenMan · Accepted solution]

I'm rather confused by this ask;   MTs are IoT sensors;   they are not a management system in themselves - you can't send alerts to them.   So the MT15 might well send it's own alert, if a fire happened to cause any one of the  parameters it monitors to exceed a configured alert threshold.   Bear in mind though - MT15 is not a smoke detector, nor is it designed for such 'life-and-death' use cases.   This is why we describe it as an air quality sensor.

Bear in mind the MT sensors rely on the Meraki Dashboard (and interconnecting Meraki APs / MV cameras as BLE gateways) as the means to report on the parameters they measure.  So, for example, if an MT15 detects that the temperature has exceeded a configured threshold, it alerts to the Dashboard in the first instance.   This can also then result in emails or webhooks ecternally.   This could also be supplemented via MQTT-based monitoring.

[rodeddie]

Thakk you both for your feedback.

[PhilipDAth]

I've considered various scenarios of what could be asked here, but each time the answer was "no".

[NewNothing]

It would be great if there was a profile setting for a smoke/fire detector on the MT15's. I have brought this up in a few calls and webinars, but maybe it is just not possible.

[BlakeRichardson]

I would not recommend relying on a wifi based IOT sensor for fire protection, get a proper hard wired system that is serviced regularly. 

Our fire protection system sends me an SMS when a panel is activated and when it's been restored. Had a callout on Wednesday just been and response time from fire service was 11 mins from activation to panel reset.